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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce end of support for some
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Hi Ajit,

On 26/10/2020 21:46, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> Devices belonging to BCM573xx and BCM5740x family will not be supported
> from the 21.02 release.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 2e082499b8..f1fce4210d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple script,
>    it will be removed in DPDK 20.11.
>    Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts.
> +
> +* Broadcom bnxt PMD: NetXtreme devices belonging to the ``BCM573xx and
> +  BCM5740x`` families will no longer be supported as of DPDK 21.02.
> +  Specifically the support for the following Broadcom PCI ids will be removed
> +  from the release: ``0x16c8, 0x16c9, 0x16ca, 0x16ce, 0x16cf, 0x16df,``
> +  ``0x16d0, 0x16d1, 0x16d2, 0x16d4, 0x16d5, 0x16e7, 0x16e8, 0x16e9``.
> 

It might be worth adding to the bnxt.rst section about these NICs, as
there is no hint that they are deprecated for a user reading that.

Where I'm not clear is about 20.11. It will be an LTS, will they be
supported for the lifetime of 20.11 on the 20.11 branch?

Kevin.